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C road crash in Watford WD18 on 14 December 2007 at 21:55 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series, a Ford Transit van and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on a C road in Watford at 21:55 on Friday 14 December 2007. A 35-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 2007
Friday, 21:55
Vehicles
3
Rover 400 Series and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6515, longitude -0.42208, in the WD18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holywell, Watford, WD18 8AW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Watford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20074100C1332
Council area
Watford
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 June 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 20074100C1332 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Watford road accident statistics for 2007.